JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — Well, that didn’t take long.
President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday said the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding that he and Vice President JD Vance struck with Iran is now off the table.
As ALL ISRAEL NEWS reported, Trump also accused the current Iranian leadership of being “sick, vicious, violent and evil people.”
I couldn’t agree more.
The big question is: What happens next?
My colleagues and I at ALL ISRAEL NEWS have been warning for weeks that the Trump/Vance deal was way too generous.
We have also been warning that Tehran could not be trusted to negotiate a serious, solid and verifiable final deal.
Not yet, anyway.
Not until they are punished much more and their offensive capabilities are completely obliterated.
Finally, after weeks of Iran attacking ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz — and attacking America’s Arab allies in the Gulf — Trump agrees.
To his credit, Trump has ordered U.S. forces to hit dozens of Iranian military targets.
Good.
Evangelical Christians should be grateful that Trump and his team are getting much tougher with Iran.
At the same time, we need to pray for the Lord to urgently grant “wisdom from above” to the Commander-in-Chief and his inner circle.
The U.S. must truly win this war and end the Iran threat once and for all.
None of us want a raging war in the Gulf to continue with no end in sight.
None of us want oil and gas prices to skyrocket again and stay high forever.
No one wants American soldiers and civilians living in the Gulf region — or the 700,000 Americans who live in Israel — or any of our Israeli and Arab allies to have to endure another massive missile war.
That said, we cannot allow the wicked Iranian regime to win.
Or look like they’re winning.
Or act like they’re winning.
President Trump was exceedingly generous in his MOU with Iran — far too generous, in my view.
He hoped Iranian leaders would welcome all the carrots.
He also hoped that he wouldn’t need to use any more sticks.
Trump was wrong.
But to his credit he has quickly realized that he was wrong.
And he’s not waiting until after the midterm elections in the U.S. to get much, much tougher with Tehran.
Good for him.
But it’s not clear what moves he should take next.
That’s why we need to pray.
In the Bible, the Apostle Paul commands us to pray for our leaders “that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life.” (1 Timothy 2:1-6)
Amen — as Evangelicals, let us now pray without ceasing.
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